My dad sent me a link to an ABC News special on aged tires being sold as new. Completely legal, but dangerous.
Basically, your tire’s “born on” date makes a difference. You could be sold a “brand new” tire, but it could have been made twelve years ago. Anyway, it’s good info, and worth a watch. It’s about ten minutes long, but it will show you how to tell when your tire was “born.” This is a lower-grade quality from youtube, but if you want to see the higher-quality video, go here.
6 responses so far ↓
1 Winter // Jul 27, 2008 at 1:14 pm
Scary, scary stuff. Thanks for posting it!
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2 Robin // Jul 28, 2008 at 8:22 am
If I see anymore horror stories about the world I’m going to be afraid to leave the house.
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3 Preposterous Ponderings // Jul 30, 2008 at 10:30 pm
WTF! No wonder so many tires blow out on the friggin highways!!!!
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4 Absurdist // Aug 1, 2008 at 6:55 am
Winter: Thank my dad. He’s always looking for a way to be “a dad”. Cute.
Robin: I never leave the house anyway. LOL. It’s great for gas mileage!
PP: No kidding. I can’t believe that there isn’t legislation to make tires only be a certain age. They have tried, but the giant corps have nipped that in the bud. So be sure to check the tires before you buy them, and tell them that you want tires that are less than two years old; meaning, born-on date. And if they don’t do it, refuse to pay the bill and make them change it!
5 Evil Genius // Aug 1, 2008 at 7:05 pm
Yikes! Something else I need to be watching out for! Crap, I’m not going to be able to sleep until I go outside and figure out how “old” the tires on my car are. Eeek!
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6 whall // Aug 5, 2008 at 9:57 am
They should do the same with high priced escorts.
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Come on man. You know you want to say something!